Awning-hook



D. C. BAKER.

AWNING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1918.

1 ,308 ,5 1 9. Patented July 1, 1919.

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AWNING-HOOK.

Specification of gietters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Application filed September 9 1918. Serial No. 253,184.

pertains to make, construct, and use The same, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to means for fastening awnings over windows and doors; and it consists of certain novelties of construc tion and arrangements of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a front view of my improved device.

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation partly in section.

Fig. 3 represents an edge view, and

Fig. 4: represents a front view of a modified form of my improved device.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the specification and draw in s.

Tn the drawings 1 represents the hook member preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent as shown, and having the eyes 2 and 3 at the rear end thereof whereby the hook member is secured to a window or door frame by means of screws ll or the like. The shaping of the hook member might be started at the eye 2 from which it is carried forward and the wire is bent around upon itself to form the loop 5 and is again carried forward, the wire being then bent in a half circle as at 6, and then brought back and transversely across to form the curved bill 7, and thereafter bent forwardly and downwardly to form a half circle 8 corresponding with the half circle 6 and then carried rearward and bent around itself to form the loop 9 corresponding to the loop 5 and then carried forward to complete the eye 3 corresponding to the eye 2.

The transversely bent portion of the wire forming the bill 7, is curved as clearly indicated in the several views, to receive the lower U-shaped portion of the tongue 10.

The tongue 10 in its preferred form'is also formed, of a single piece of wire bent as shown and having the lower portion U- shaped, as at 11, designed to engage, in its normalposition, with the curved hill. 7 of the hook member 1' to form a normally closed hook as clearly indicated in thedrawings. The U shaped portion 11 of the tongue 10 is carried forward and the ends thereof, are correspondingly bent to form the curved ends 12-12 designed to be hingedly secured to the loops 5 and 9 formed near one end of the hook member 1.

The construction of the device above described is such that the awning ring 13 can readily be snapped under the U-shaped por tion 11 of the tongue 10 and positioned in the loops'5 and 9 of the hook member by forcing the ring 13 between those portions of the tongue and bill marked 14-1 1 which will cause the U-shaped portion 11, of the tongue to be moved far away enough from the hill 7 to form an opening large enough to permit the awning ring 13, to be snapped into and have locking engagement with the hook member and at all times prevent accidental separation therefrom.

In the modified form illustrated in Fig. 4, of the drawings, the hook member instead of having two eyes, at its rear end, is provided with a single eye 15 for securing it to a window or door frame, and instead of a pair of single loops 5 and 9, a pair of double loops 16 and 17 are substituted for the reception of the ends 12-12 of the tongue 10.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that the construction. and arrangement of the parts are such, that when assembled, the awning ring may be readily and efficiently snapped into and out of locking engagement with the hook by simply causing the ring to engage with that portion of the hook and tongue marked 14:, and exerting sufiicient pressure to spread said parts to permit the ring to be inserted or withdrawn from the hook.

While I have herein shown and described only specific forms of my invention, it will be understood that slight changes might be made in the form and arrangement of the parts as described, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to be limited thereto except for such limitations as the claims may import.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;.

1. A hook formed from a continuous piece of material provided with suitable parts for securing the same in position, formed at one end thereof, a curved bill formed at the opposite end, oppositely arranged loops formed intermediate of said ends, and a tongue formed from a continuous piece of material provided with a U-shaped portion at one d and pp e ynge ur ed P0 tions at its opposite end, said curved portions of the tongue being connected with the oppositely arranged loops of the hook and the said U-shaped portion of the tongue engaging with and overlapping the curved bill to form a normally closed hook.

2. A hook formed from a continous piece of material provided with suitable means for securing the same in position, formed at one end thereof, an upwardly and transversely curved bill formed at the opposite end, 0ppositely arranged loops formed intermediate of said ends forming alined bearings, and a tongue formed from a continuous piece of material one end of which is designed to normally rest upon and overlaps the curved bill of said hook, and the other end of which is hingedly connected with the oppositely arranged loops of the said hook to form a normally closed hook.

This specification signed and witnessed this 29th day of August, 1918.

DAVID C. BAKER.

Witnesses R. S. BLAKEMAN, ELEANOR MORGAN.

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